Ladies’s Swimming and Diving Picks Up Pope’s Cup Victory

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Catholic ladies’s swimming and diving staff earned a Pope’s Cup victory on Friday afternoon at Marymount. They took down the Saints within the meet, 92-74.

The Cardinals began the meet sturdy with a first-place end within the 200 Medley Relay. A staff of Tara Wiarda, Delainey Brandt, Anna Dymek, and Emily Blaskovich picked up 11 factors for the Cardinals, with a time of 1:53.94. Blaskovich, alongside Claire Brockmann, later participated within the 50 Yard Backstroke, Blaskovich taking first in 29.96 whereas Brockmann took second in 30.18.

Wiarda and Dymek additionally picked up particular person first-place finishes, Wiarda within the 200 Individual Medley with a time of two:20.20, and Dymek within the 50 Butterfly in 27.08.

Molly Foltz introduced dwelling the gold within the 400 IM, ending 5 seconds forward of her second-place competitor, in 4:52.25. Bella Mugno additionally had a podium end within the occasion, taking third at 5:01.10.

Mugno, Brandt, and Grace Kelly later took the entire podium within the 50 Breaststroke, every ending milliseconds inside one another. Kelly clocked a time of 32.32 to take the highest spot, adopted by Brandt with a time of 32.37, after which Mugno who took the bronze in 32.49.

Grace Robinson and Izzy Giannetto each medaled within the 200 Freestyle, Robinson selecting up the gold with a time of two:05.78 whereas Giannetto took third in 2:11.71.

The Cardinals closed out the meet with a second-place end for the Cardinals within the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, the place Brockmann, Giannetto,  Adriel Marrero, and Taylor O’Neil picked up the silver medal in 1:45.44.

With this win, Catholic brings their report to 4-2 total this season, and stays undefeated towards the Saints in sequence historical past, 3-0.

The Cardinals will return to the DuFour Center Pool for a senior day match up on Saturday, January 24. They will tackle Salisbury at 1 p.m.